US EditionAnother Dumpster Fire at Penticton's Fairview Encampment
- Towards the end of last week, the Ministry of Transportation for the province issued an official notice requiring homeless individuals at the Fairview Road encampment in Penticton to leave the area.
- This order followed growing concerns about the encampment, which had lasted almost a year and housed an estimated 30 to 70 people facing limited housing options.
- Among those affected, Korkowski and Wood, a couple in a loving relationship for over five years, had recently moved to Penticton and endured a difficult winter living in tents.
- Korkowski said, "We've been here almost a year," and Wood expressed a desire to access housing and return to a normal life while remaining free of bitterness toward their situation.
- Early Wednesday morning, people including Korkowski and Wood packed up their belongings to leave, while BC Housing representatives sought to assist them in finding accommodations.
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Another dumpster fire at Penticton's Fairview encampment
For the second time in the past week, fire crews responded to Penticton's Fairview encampment Sunday morning to extinguish a dumpster fire. The fire was sparked shortly after 8 a.m. inside the large dumpster near Fairview Road and Highway 97, along the Penticton Channel. The fire put up large amount...
B.C. couple who lived in homeless encampment for a year survived on love
If you were walking down any Penticton street in the middle of a nice summer day and saw Mathias Korkowski and Willow Wood walking hand in hand, you would likely think they are just another happy couple. You would be correct in assuming they are a happy couple — because they are — but you would likely never guess that they’ve been living at the Fairview Road homeless encampment near the Penticton Channel Parkway for almost a full year. Korkowski…
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